Age of Rebirth

Lieutenant General Adams, the acting commander of the British and Indian Army, was very satisfied with the effect he had created. He knew too well what the virtues of these senior officers under him were.

Facing a desperate situation, I am afraid that the first thing that comes to mind is to surrender to the enemy, how to save one's own life, with such an officer, can the soldiers below still have the fighting spirit and courage to fight?

Therefore, Adams must create a fearful ending for them. It is true that Adams himself does not know much about Chinese soldiers, and he does not know whether Chinese soldiers will torture and kill prisoners of war, but this does not prevent him from demonizing Chinese soldiers. , described as a group of bloodthirsty beasts without morality and justice.

Here and now, facing such a desperate situation, Adams would not hesitate to do it, even if he cursed God, in order to force out the blood in the officers' hearts.

It's time. There was a trace of blood red in the eyes of the officers, and they all looked at themselves. Adams then asked: "Gentlemen, are you willing to be prisoners of war and become the targets of wanton massacres by Chinese soldiers with no humanity?" , Are you handing over the lives of yourself and the soldiers to an unknown fate and choosing another retreat route?" [

A young British officer suddenly stood up and said excitedly: "Chief of Staff, of course I don't want to act as your Excellency Commander. I accept the arrangement of two tragic fates. I have to go back to England and see you again." Come to my parents and wife, Commander, just give your order! In the blood of officers of the British Empire, there is no lack of knightly bravery and fear!"

Someone took the lead, and the emotions of the officers were like boiling molten iron. Braving the scorching heat, the crowd was excited, and they all stood up and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency, Acting Commander, please issue an order to fight the Chinese to the death! "

A bearded face.The Indian Brigadier General, who smelled like curry all over his body, even pulled out his saber and said murderously, "Your Excellency, I swear in the name of the Indian God of War. I will use this knife to cut down those Chinese yellow-skinned monkey soldiers." head, as my witness to this fight to the death!"

Adams shouted, "Okay! The oath of Brigadier General Seepag is the common aspiration of all of us! Please sit down."

Looking at the high-spirited officers, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of Adams' mouth.Of course he knew how much the attack on Xiduo would cost. Tang Qiuli's troops, since they occupied this place and blocked the passage for their troops to continue to retreat, how could they give up easily, tonight.It will be a bloody battle.

However, for the fate of tens of thousands of soldiers, and their future promotion path.To be able to go smoothly, the soldiers must be driven to the battlefield and fight the Chinese soldiers desperately!

Adams' face suddenly became grim, and he said loudly: "I order all the artillery to build artillery positions immediately and use the rest of the artillery to submerge Xiduo. Blast the Chinese soldiers into powder. The time of shelling depends on my time." The order shall prevail, there is no limit to the amount of medicine, and all the cannons shall be fired. All of them shall be poured on the heads of the Chinese soldiers!"

"After the shelling stopped, the tanks were the forerunners to attack the positions of the Xiduo Chinese army, and the infantry followed the tanks to attack. Gentlemen, please remember that there is only one night left for us. I have already obtained exact information. Kanghe Valley, the independent division troops chasing after us will be able to exchange fire with our rear guard troops at around [-] o'clock tomorrow morning at the latest!"

"Everyone can understand what this means. Therefore, this attack is not allowed to stop. The sole purpose is to capture Xiduo. When one unit is wiped out, the other units will immediately go up in accordance with the order of operations. The artillery unit's shelling method, From the forward positions of the Chinese army to their depths, do carpet artillery coverage, success or failure depends on one action! Show your courage!"

Speaking of this, there was a cold light in Adams' eyes, and he continued in a gloomy tone: "If the commander of the army, because he has no courage, shrinks back or disobeys orders on the battlefield, I will execute him without mercy. Remember this, gentlemen!"

The meeting lasted only [-] minutes. Adams knew that every second was precious to him, but he successfully turned more than a dozen senior officers into murderous Warriors will lead their soldiers into a desperate bloody battle, fighting for a way out for themselves and others.

However, is the battle going as Adams expected? He was too optimistic, and he made a fatal mistake. He underestimated Tang Qiuli's IQ even more. Independent division, no heavy weapons.

Wrong judgments led to wrong tactical arrangements. Adams took out the British and Indian troops, and all the remaining artillery, a total of four American-made 155mm caliber howitzers, carried out saturated bombardment on Sido. As for the guns, Adams had no I didn't take it to heart, as long as I passed Xiduo, everything can be ignored. Moreover, the baggage troops can reduce the burden and greatly speed up the march. Anyway, the guns can't be taken away, and they are all shot out!

The guns of the artillery of the British and Indian Army blew up the first position at the frontier of Xiduo, which was already empty, to earth-shattering, dusty, and gunpowder smoke. Even in the command post of the Tenth Brigade, one could feel the ground trembling, purple Under the sunlight in the west, the red cloud of smoke looks even more blood-red.

Wang Yiwu rubbed his hands anxiously and walked around in the command post. He really didn't understand, what are the teachers waiting for?On the other hand, he was also worried about Tang Qiuli's safety. If the British's artillery bombarded his deep position, the brigade command post would be within range of the bombardment. If the division commander had an accident, he would die eight times out of ten. Helpful.

He wanted to persuade Tang Qiuli to leave here, but he didn't know what to say. He looked at Shanhu, listening intently to the sound of the guns. Several special guards were standing by his side. If he found the situation was dangerous, he would definitely set up the commander. Just leave, Wang Yiwu felt a little relieved.

Tang Qiuli put down his binoculars, looked at his watch, and glanced at Wang Yiwu, who looked like an ant in a hot pot, and said to Chief of Staff Zhao Yuhe: "Yuhe, the artillerymen of the British and Indian Army, have been shelling for 10 minutes. The bombardment has been extended, and it is time to attack our deep positions, order all artillery to start fighting back, and be sure to destroy Alexander's artillery positions in one fell swoop."

Zhao Yuhe said to the communicator with the walkie-talkie on his back: "Order, all artillerymen, start to fight back immediately!"

Behind Xiduo, in the artillery position of the Independent Division, there are large-caliber artillery guns with thick muzzles raised. Following the order of the division commander Tang Qiuli, there was a loud noise that shook the sky, and the muzzles spewed out scorching flames. The cannon left the breech, pierced the air, and flew towards the exposed artillery position of the British and Indian Army with a scream. [

Two artillery brigades, 155 brigades of heavy artillery regiments, a total of nearly [-] large-caliber artillery salvos, the lineup and power, how can it be compared to the artillery of the British and Indian Army, four American-made [-]mm caliber howitzers of.

The guns that were as dense as a meteor shower exploded on the artillery positions of the British and Indian Army. The artillery of the Independent Division has been trained to perfection in previous artillery battles with the Japanese artillery. What's more, the artillery of the British and Indian Army fought for 10 minutes without stopping, and the position was exposed to the eyes of the artillery observers of the Independent Division as if they were not wearing clothes.

It was as if the cannon had eyes, and it landed on the gun emplacement of the British and Indian artillery accurately. There was a loud bang and a burst of flames. Bloody rain, parts everywhere.

Adams went to the front line to observe the effect of the shelling. He was nodding his head in satisfaction when he was startled by the loud explosion a few kilometers behind him. A staff officer beside him shouted in panic, "Acting Commander, Look, it seems that our artillery position has been shelled by the Chinese army!"

Adams turned his head in horror, but what he saw was that on his artillery position, there were clusters of red clouds rolling out, like magma from the ground, rushing out, and in front of him, the sound of the artillery explosion stopped abruptly, even if it was With a pig's brain, he could also understand what happened. Tang Qiuli used Chinese-style military tactics to give a vivid tactical lesson to the generals of the British Empire.

Adams' eyes immediately became bloodshot, grabbed a staff officer by the collar, and shouted hoarsely: "Tell me, the Independent Division, there are so many heavy artillery from there, why don't you shell my infantry, tell me!"

The poor little staff officer, looking at the mad acting commander, rolled his eyes and almost passed out, not to mention answering questions, even standing, all relying on his big hands tightly clutching his collar.

Adams shook off the semi-conscious little staff officer, with a gambler-like glint in his eyes, and issued two orders, "All troops, according to the original plan, start attacking, those who flinch will be killed, and those who retreat, Shoot on the spot, military judge, immediately shoot the leader of the leading regiment on the spot!"

Adams is desperate, and the arrow has to be fired. If you stop, you will die. If you continue to attack, you will die. The artillerymen of the independent division who killed their own artillery will immediately cover their troops with raindrops of artillery. They are all dead. Why not Going to die simply, Adams, with a kind of desperate joy, drove the soldiers and tanks of the British and Indian Army towards the Xiduo position and launched the first crazy attack.

As for the unlucky head of the vanguard, no one sympathized or pityed him, just because he lied about the military situation and got into four American-made 155 howitzer regiments, he would have died.

More than 100 British tanks, with a puff of black smoke coming out of their buttocks, roared and started to move. Behind the tanks, there were lumps of British and Indian soldiers. As night fell, in the faint twilight, the British and Indian troops blocked the Siduo position The first attack has finally begun!

(to be continued) (to be continued...)